Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk is a diocese located in the city of Irkutsk, which is part of the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow in Russia. The Diocese of Irkutsk is in fact the largest geographical Catholic bishopric on earth, covering an area of 9,960,000 km2. The Catholic population of the diocese is estimated to be about 53,000 souls. It has 42 parishes served by about 42 priests. The bishop is Cyryl Klimowicz, a Pole. The diocese is divided into five deaneries. Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Yakutsk, Vladivostok and Magadan.

History

Apostolic Administrators of Siberia Orientale

  1. Jerzy Mazur, SVD
  2. Cyryl Klimowicz